Lot Essay
For a related basket see M. Bauer, Frankfurter Fayencen aus der Zeit des Barock, Frankfurt, 1988, p. 39 ill.24.
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CIRCA 1670
Details
A large Frankfurt rectangular ajour large basket
CIRCA 1670
Viereckkorb, with flaring sides, pierced allover with foliate motifs, the rims applied with acanthus leaves and fruit enhanced in blue, the sides with four rectangular blue and white landscape medallions with canted corners, the centre with a raised rectangular blue and white biblical medallion depicting Christ appearing before two figures (handles missing, losses to border)
48.5 cm. wide and 16.5 cm. high
CIRCA 1670
Viereckkorb, with flaring sides, pierced allover with foliate motifs, the rims applied with acanthus leaves and fruit enhanced in blue, the sides with four rectangular blue and white landscape medallions with canted corners, the centre with a raised rectangular blue and white biblical medallion depicting Christ appearing before two figures (handles missing, losses to border)
48.5 cm. wide and 16.5 cm. high
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